OXFORD —Campers rose to a sunny morning at the Nateva Music and Camping Festival Friday as a few cars continued to trickle in.

Festival organizers and locals working the show were bracing for another wave of festival goers to arrive but  space already seemed at a premium at the Oxford County Fairgrounds as multiple tent cities sprung up overnight.

Vendors, many of them going on only a few hours sleep, were slinging everything from breakfast sandwiches to root-beer.

Tim Frederick, of the Arizona-based T’s Concessions was up and at them at first light, brewing coffee and preparing to sell burgers, fries and lemonade throughout the day. Frederick serves at various festivals around the country and said things seemed to be shaping up nicely for a good weekend.

“It’s hard to say,” Frederick said. “But so far, so good.”

Nearby Christina Sveda, of Rye, N.H., was ready to sell festival goers Maine Root beverages, including it’s signature root beer. The Portland-based soft-drink maker had three booths scattered around the 100-acre facility, Sveda said.

Jim Sturzenberger, of Carrabassett Valley, was using the quiet morning and sunshine to put the finishing touches on a display for his artwork. Sturzenberger makes mosaics from bottle caps and had a small booth set up.

Using black paint to coat buckets he was using to collect bottle cap donations Sturzenberger said he was hoping to sell one of his portraits.

Festival security guards at gates and other checkpoints on the grounds said they had a relatively peaceful night with few problems. One said there were the typical gripes and complaints but there were no serious problems or issues.

A representative from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said several agents were at the festival and would be there throughout the weekend. Six people were arrested early Friday morning on charges of unlawful drug trafficking.

Rocky Marshall, a lobsterman from Surry, Maine, said he was at the show with his wife and 12-year-old daughter. Marshall said the trip was meant to be family fun but also provided a learning experience for his daughter.

Marshall said that while some complained about the early-bird parking and staging process and the long waits, some waited as long as three hours to get on the grounds Thursday night, he thought it made sense to help take traffic off Route 26.

“I like the idea of how they got people off the road,” Marshall said.

Marshall, who has visited other festivals, said he believe Nateva would reach its cap of 15,0000 tickets by Saturday.

“It looks like they are going to get there,” Marshall said.

The first performer of the day, the Boston-based band, Magic Magic,  was set to take to  one of the two the main stages at 11:30 a.m.

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